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Israel conducted strike on Iran, senior U.S. official says (www.axios.com)

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Israel conducted a strike in Iran early Friday morning local time, a senior U.S. official told Axios.

Israel, which has not confirmed it launched an attack, has vowed to retaliate against Iran for a missile and drone attack on Israel. The U.S. is concerned that continued counterattacks could trigger wider regional escalation.

An aide to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declined to comment.

The U.S. official said Israel notified the U.S. in advance. "We were not surprised," the official said.

The Biden administration has warned Israel that escalation with Iran wouldn't serve U.S. or Israeli interests and urged Israel to "be careful" with any retaliation, U.S. officials said.

Fars news agency, which is affiliated with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), reported explosions were heard in the city of Isfahan in central Iran near an Iranian air force base.

Iranian state TV reported several drones were shot down by air defenses in Isfahan.

Iran issued a notification early Friday morning local time closing the air space over western parts of the country.

Iranian state news agency IRNA reports Iranian air defense systems were activated tonight in several places in the country.

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[-] Tinidril@midwest.social 36 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

For all the carnage that's happened and all the carnage that's about to happen, we need to (rhetorically) beat the neoliberals over the head for the 2020 primary. I don't know if Bernie could have stopped any of this, but at least our hands would be clean. Fuck the notion that neoliberals are somehow "good enough". They throw us a bone from time to time, but ultimately the only thing they are capable of generating in the long term is absolute disaster.

[-] qprimed@lemmy.ml 13 points 6 months ago

vote the the current SOB back into office (only to avoid the clusterfuck that is trump), then impeach the MFer for war crimes.

[-] Tinidril@midwest.social 14 points 6 months ago

LOL, like Congress isn't complicit. The Republicans are fully behind Israel starting WW3 to bring Jesus back, and Democrats are split, but will never impeach Biden over it.

I have no idea what to do about Biden, but an impeachment over this is a fantasy. The 2020 primary was our shot, and we blew it. The Biden presidency will be what it will be, but we can't let Democratic voters forget their failure. Neoliberalism will end, or it will end us. It might already have done so, but time will tell.